The Progress., 1887-12-17

belloo Of 'murderers, loafers, pi-
rates, thieves, etc., is simply used
to guard the frantic efforts of the
ghouls and vultures of outright
robbery and fraud, swayed by the
ignominious spirit Of greed and
gain The thousands of acres of
land, the millions of feet of pine
timber, etc. there's the rub,
that's the eyesore of the hordes of
unfeeling vampires who are en-
deavoring by fair or foul means
to get the ''lion's share of this
"Redskin Alsatia.''
A Refuge of Murderers and Out
laws-A Redskin AIsatia.
The murder of Israel Ryder, the
wellknown fur trader of Rosseau
lake, near the Red Lake reserva-
tion is sample of the crimes that
these pets of the Eastern philan-
thropists are constantly commit
ting. A grand farce Of sending
bishop and some other folks to
make treaties with these Indians,
was indulged in last summer. The
press was deluged with slush about
the good bishop praying for the
safety of birch canoes, etc. The
Indians were praised as being in
dustrious, and in fact the whole
repertoire Of Boston Indianidiocy
was worked for all it was worth.
to those who know these Indians,
the habits, manners and customs,
this gush is simply sickening.
These worthy bishop and treaty
makers would hold up their hands
in "holy horror and pious grief
if they only knew that all the
talk given them by the Indians
was just so much ''gutf." Indians
have profound contempt for all
whitemen. They fear them it is
true, but an Injun is an Injun
clear through, and when he gets a
chance, he will neverfail to do a
white man up. The Indians upon
} the Red Lake reservation are a We.
ry bad lot. So are the Pillagers,
and the Bois Forte bands, at Net
, Lake, near Vermilion, and not far
: behind in the procession. Red
| Lake is reliable redskin "Alsa.
tia" It was there that the noto-
rious Riel took refuge after the
! first Red River rebellion. When
an Indian commits on outrage
| upon the Rainy River settlers or
lumbermen he crosses the river
$ and snaps his fingers in derison at
, the law. This reservation is also
overrun with those pests of the
f frontier, the squawmen. The de.
! graded wretches, 'white-Indians" "
i. as they are generally called, are
! ten times meaner than the mean.
e est Injun on the reservation. It
+. is largely due to these men, that
! alcohol is easy to be obtained by
the Indians. Every trader upon
and around the Red Lake reserva.
;. tion is a whiskey dealer, and even
: the autocratic and dignifed Hud.
= son Bay company was not slow tc
n n send it's rum to the fur hunters oil
v Red Lake. There are thousands
of acres of splendid timber lands
and farming lands within the
boundaries of this reservation that
are now simply used as resort
n for murderers, loafers, whikey pi
i rates, and fur thieves. This state
y of things will continue just as Ions
o as the sickish sentimentality ii
regard to the Indians is kept up
= IF the United States government
L really desires to benefit the Indi
d ans, let them be given citizen:
i e.
/ rights, and left to sink or swim
) with the rest. This petting ane
= coddling Of full grown men is rid
iculous. An average Indian is NJ
: born fool, and is better fitted by
4 nature to take care of himself thar
o nine white men out of ten. Give
# the Indian the same chance as the
e European peasant immigrant and
! he will probably be just as able ta
: keep his end of the log at q rea.